The Protempis Thunderbolt® E GPS Disciplined Clock is Protempis’s latest offering for GPS synchronisation devices providing a 10MHz output and PPS.
This fifth-generation GPS clock combines a high-quality GPS receiver, control circuitry, and a reliable ovenised oscillator on a single board, providing increased integrity and reliability at a lower size and cost.
Key features include:
The Protempis Thunderbolt® E GPS Disciplined Clock’s level of integration makes it a perfect solution for precise timing applications in the wireless industry. Among its uses are synchronising the emergency services positioning infrastructure, and providing precise time and frequency for WiMax and LTE-TDD applications, along with digital broadcast applications.
The architecture is comparable to systems currently used to maintain the tough CDMA, WiMax, and LTE-TDD holdover specification. The Thunderbolt E is available in its enclosure, or as an OEM board.
The Thunderbolt E GPS clock outputs a 10 MHz reference signal and a 1 PPS signal with an overdetermined solution synchronised to GPS or UTC time. The PPS output accommodates applications requiring sub-microsecond timing.
The Protempis T-RAIM (TimeReceiver Autonomous Integrity Monitor) algorithm is used to monitor satellites to ensure signal integrity.
Matching the Thunderbolt E GPS Clock with the Protempis Bullet™ antenna creates a system that provides reliable performance in hostile R/F environments. The system can be easily calibrated for different cable lengths.
The high level of integration and volume production techniques make the Thunderbolt E GPS Disciplined Clock an extremely cost-competitive timing solution for volume synchronisation applications.
